Practice Areas

Education

Juris Doctor, cum laude, Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University

Mercer Law Review

Biography

Extensive experience in thousands of matters for several decades uniquely equips Steve Cotter to promptly and efficiently evaluate and handle complex matters through all stages of conflict. He started as an assistant attorney general handling constitutional and public policy “impact” (including class and mass) actions. In private practice, he served as an administrative law judge and arbiter and mediator. At Swift Currie, he has successfully handled a broad range of disputes, representative examples of which are in links to the left of this text. He has completed hundreds of jury trials and appeals in state and federal courts. He served as an adjunct professor at Emory Law School in the field of litigation, taught at the Georgia Defense Lawyers Trial Academy and has presented to various professional and industry groups on a variety of contemporary legal topics. He has been extensively published, most especially in the insurance field.

He is available to handle, evaluate, monitor, consult and/or resolve problems.